Kindergarten Teachers' Conceptions of Environmental Education

Autor/inn/en	Flogaitis, Evgenia; Daskolia, Maria; Agelidou, Evagelia
Titel	Kindergarten Teachers' Conceptions of Environmental Education
Quelle	In: Early Childhood Education Journal, 33 (2005) 3, S.125-136 (12 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1082-3301
DOI	10.1007/s10643-005-0039-x
Schlagwörter	Preschool Teachers; Environmental Education; Questionnaires; Teacher Attitudes; Foreign Countries; Field Studies; Compulsory Education; Kindergarten; Teaching Methods; Social Action; Conservation (Environment); Greece + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Pre-school education; Preschool education; Erzieher; Erzieherin; Kindergärtnerin; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Umweltbildung; Umwelterziehung; Umweltpädagogik; Fragebogen; Lehrerverhalten; Ausland; Praxisforschung; Schulpflicht; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Soziales Handeln; Conservation; Environment; Konservierung; Bewahung; Umwelt; Griechenland
Abstract	A written questionnaire was used to obtain information regarding Greek kindergarten teachers' personal views on the concept of Environmental Education (EE). The questionnaire was also designed to obtain the teachers' views relative to a series of theoretical and methodological issues concerning the application of EE. It was ascertained that the prevalent conception of the kindergarten teachers includes the following: (a) it is directed towards a knowledge-centered type of EE, (b) it is primarily centered on nature and its protection in terms of EE content, (c) it aims not only to shape citizens willing to adopt environmental measures recommended by the experts, but who will also actively participate in social actions for the protection of the environment, (d) it favors learning procedures "in" the environment with "field study" activities, (e) it must be compulsory in the kindergarten level. (Author).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10